Nursing faculty vs staff nurse

Differences between nursing faculty and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Nursing faculty example responsibilities.

• Instruct students in medical assisting, medical billing and coding and anatomy & physiology courses.
• Lead instructor for medical-surgical (med-surg) nursing, nursing skills, clinical rotations, and student advisement.
• Specialize in med/surg and pediatrics.
• Teach health assessment and pharmacology lab to RN students.
• Revise DNP curriculum, including practice experiences to comply with ACEN standards.
• Participate in the campus site visit by CCNE for accreditation of theMSN program.
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Staff nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage and further help stabilize elective and urgent care surgical patients in their post-operative/post PACU admission to the floor.
• Accomplish extensive critical care course with EKG interpretation and yearly critical care medication exam.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Participate in discharge planning including teaching family members and patients wind care and medication administration process after discharge.
• Provide direct nursing care to patients in a variety of settings with an emphasis in critical care and PACU settings.
• Prepare patients for surgery and endoscopy procedures including initiating intravenous lines, physical assessments and administering medications.
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